Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Edmund and the others also had the same idea as Wells.

However, Edmund and the others did not wish Wells to live well, they only considered it for themselves.

Whether it was Lin Yi's promise to help them build their country or the money they could earn from this war, Milician was not allowed to change his current strategy.

In other words, Edmund and the others hoped that Wells could continue to be in power and then continue the war.

Therefore, Edmund and the others used the excuse of withdrawing funds to put pressure on the local big families in Millikin, asking them and themselves to protect Wells's position as president.

As for those families in Milicia, how should I put it, they are actually a group of people who have fallen in the eyes of money.

They don't care who becomes the president of America, as long as that president can represent their interests.

Obviously, the local families in Millikin cannot do without Edmund and the others, so they can only support Wells together with Edmund.

As for those who talk about Congress, few really want to speak for the people.

This is a country of capital, and everything needs to obey the arrangements of capital.

As a result, the impeachment against Wells was over before it even began. Wells once again secured his position as president.

As for those people, I'm sorry, the current national situation is urgent and there is no way to take care of them.

At this point, some people may object, saying that the shipyards and other industrial facilities and cities on the West Coast have been destroyed, and aren’t those capitals anxious?

To be honest, they are really not in a hurry. In the eyes of these capitals, as long as Daxia does not land on the mainland of America, no matter how much they destroy the west coast, they will still make money.

Why do you say that? In one sentence, if shipyards and towns are destroyed, do they need to be rebuilt? Does reconstruction require money, workers and materials?

Where do these workers and building materials come from? Isn’t it provided by these big capitals? Will they be free? Therefore, this money will eventually fall into the hands of these big capitals.

As for the casualties of ordinary people in this war, what does this have to do with big capital like them?

After completely destroying the west coast of America and ensuring that America would be unable to resume production in a short period of time, Wang Hongchang ordered the fleet to turn towards the most important thoroughfare in Central America, the Panama Canal.

After several days of sailing, Wang Hongchang led the Yinglong fleet to Panama, and then began to bombard the Panama Canal.

After a day of bombardment, the Panama Canal, which had been open less than a year, was completely destroyed.

(The Panama Canal was opened to navigation here in advance to August 1912, 8, which is 15 years earlier than reality. Please do not take it seriously.)

As for why he wanted to destroy the Panama Canal instead of controlling this important channel, Lin Yi had thought about it before.

When it comes to control, the Yinglong fleet actually has the strength to control it, but doing so will completely anger Millician, and Millician may desperately withdraw its troops from Europe to attack itself.

Lin Yi did not want to have a head-on confrontation with Mili on behalf of the Hans Empire. If destroying Millican's Pacific Fleet can still make Millician deal with it calmly, then the empire's stationing troops in the Americas is equivalent to inserting a knife into Millician's vitals, which may very well make Millician go berserk.

Why do you say this? In fact, it is because Millican has long regarded the entire North and South America as his back garden. The empire stationing troops in the Americas is equivalent to landing directly on their homeland.

Therefore, Panama can only choose to destroy it. As for whether this canal will still be named American after the war, that is not necessarily the case.

Push back some time.

At the same time that Wang Hongchang led the Yinglong fleet to attack Oahu and destroy the western coastline of Milicia, in the capital of the Daxia Empire, the Imperial Military Headquarters, Lin Yi and Pan Chengzhang held a pre-war military meeting.

Lin Yi, as a representative of the royal family and the commander of the Long Xiang Army, attended the meeting. It is worth mentioning that Zhao Xi still strongly requested to become Lin Yi's adjutant just like last time.

At the meeting, Pan Chengzhang, as the head of the military department, first made an impassioned speech without much substance, and then asked Lin Yi to arrange the battle plan.

The reason why Lin Yi was asked to announce the battle plan was based on two considerations.

First, this time the battle plan is mainly based on the Longxiang Army, supplemented by the troops commanded by the military headquarters, so it is most appropriate for Lin Yi to announce the battle plan.

The second point is that Zhao Xu asked Lin Yi to serve as the representative of the royal family. To put it bluntly, he hoped that these armies would be managed by Lin Yi in the future. Although it is said that Lin Yi's record is top-notch in the entire Daxia.

However, many of those battles were fought by the Longxiang Army, and there was no one who cooperated with Lin Yi except Sun Han, the commander of the Beijing Camp, Fan Shaozeng, the commander of the Dongchuan Army, and Zhou Chuanjun, the commander of the Jiaozhou Army.

In other words, it was the first time for other local armies to cooperate with Lin Yi.

Pan Chengzhang knew what Zhao Xu meant, and he felt relieved to hand over the general department to Lin Yi in the future, so he intentionally or unintentionally wanted to let Lin Yi gain more reputation.

Letting Lin Yi come out to announce the plan was a subtle influence, making everyone present subconsciously regard Lin Yi as a superior.

Lin Yi also understood what Zhao Xu and Pan Chengzhang meant, so he did not refuse.

"Comrades, now the Empire has joined the Central Powers and declared war on the Entente Powers."

"This battle is about the honor and disgrace of the empire, and it is also about the future of the empire. Whether the empire can take back its homeland depends on this battle."

"Therefore, I hope that you all can unite sincerely and work together to create a peaceful and prosperous age for the empire!"

Lin Yi looked at the two dozen commanders present and said in a deep voice.

These commanders are all military leaders, and now, in such an occasion, all of them are honest.

On the one hand, they were in awe of Pan Chengzhang and the majesty of the royal family. On the other hand, they all knew what this war that affected the whole world meant.

Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism has been the traditional thought of Daxia for thousands of years, and it is engraved in the bones of every Daxia person.

Although many of them had ambitions before, such ambitions turned into expectations of making achievements as the empire grew stronger.

Therefore, whether it is for the empire or themselves, they must be prepared at this time, because they know that no matter what kind of glory and wealth they can only obtain after winning the war.

If this war fails, it means that everything they want will be a bubble that will burst as soon as it is poked.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will do our best to defend the majesty of the empire to the death!" Everyone present stood up and shouted at Lin Yi as soon as Lin Yi finished speaking.